Albania Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 228 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, single track, government owned (1980 est.); claims over 400 km (1983); line connecting Titograd, Yugoslavia, and Shkodev, Albania, to be completed in 1986

Highways: 4,989 km total, 1,287 km paved, l,t>09 km crushed stone and/or gravel, 2,093 km improved or unimproved earth (1975)

Inland waterways. 43 km pius Albanian sections of Lake Scutari, Lake Ohrid, and Lake Prespa (1979)

Pipelines: crude oil, 117 km; refined products, 65 km; natural gas, 64 km

Freight carried: rail—2.8 million metric tons, 180 million metric ton/km (1971); highways 39 million metric tons, 900 million metric ton/km (1971)

Ports: 1 major (Durres), 3 minor (1979)

Civil air: no civil airline

NOTE: The information regarding Albania on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.